COLUMBUS, Ind. — The 63rd annual Bartholomew County 4-H Fair will get underway south of Garden City in just a few weeks, with the county health department and Purdue Extension giving the green light to have the event.
“And it’s going to look very close to what we are used to,” Bartholomew County Extension Director Elisabeth Smith Eaton said.
A number of new attractions and upgrades will be featured at the fair, which runs from Friday thru July 3.
A new company, Kissel Entertainment LLC, will bring an entirely different midway to the fair this year.
Their attractions include three roller coasters (Fireball, Python and Orient Express), a 90-foot high speed free fall (AtmosFear) and a somewhat intimidating attraction that spins and flips riders high in the air on multiple axis (Nemesis 360).
Fair board president Rick Trimpe said he went to Kentucky in 2019 to see a midway operated by Kissel, and came away very impressed.
“It’s going to remind you of a small King’s Island,” said Trimpe, referencing the 364-acre amusement park northeast of Cincinnati.
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